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A. DILLENBEO'K.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,507, dated September 2, 1884.-.

Application filed December 18, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ADAM DILLENBECK, of Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady, in the State of New York, have invented new and usefullmprovementsinGas-Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists ina novel construction and combination of appliances which conjointly vconstitute a simple, convenient, andA ing the air-inlet valve on a larger scale.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

G represents the gas-gcnerator, in the form of an air-tight tank or case, having an inlet, F, for, the fluid, which inlet is provided with astopcock, a. In the interior ofthe tank G is arranged a series of compartments formed of perforated cylinders T T, as illustrated in Fig. lll of the drawings. These cylinders I pack with equal parts of asbestus, charcoal, and lambs wool, which packing absorbs the iiuid introduced through the inlet F. A faucet, b, is applied to the base of the tank G to draw olf the surplus iiuid.v A gas-pipe, C, taps the aforesaid tank, and is extended to the main gas-pipe M, which conducts the gas to the burners. (Not necessary to be here shown.) The pipe G is provided with acheek-valve, c, similar to that illustrated in Fig. IV of the drawings, which valve serves to prevent back-pressure of gas from the pipe to the tank G.

A is a tank placed in an inverted position in a water tank or pit, A, in a manner similar to the common gasometers.

A duct, d, is extended from the gas` generator G, and terminates above. The duct d is provided with an air-inlet, c, to which is connected a check-valve, c', similar to that ofthe gas-pipe C, but arranged to act conversely-t'. e., to prevent outward escape of gas from the duct d. WVhen either vessel A is rising, the check-valve c in the pipe C is closed, the valve c', which covers the air-inlet e, allowing air to mix with the gas'passing from the tank G to the said vessel A. When either vessel A is falling, the pressure in the duct d closes the valve c, and the mixed air and vapor is forced from said vessel through the tank G and pipe C.

D represents a'pivoted drum, over the periphery of which a rope or chain, B,'is extended, and connected thereto in such a manner that a draft on said rope or chain imparts rotary motion to the drum. The two ends of said rope are suspended from the drum and provided with ahook or other suitable device for readily attaching a weight, W, thereto. 0n the side of the drum is a stud-pin, P,which may be either attached directly to the drum or to a disk fixed concentric to the drum, as shown.

To the stud-pin P is attached a rope or chain, f,which passes over a sheave, h, arranged directly over the center of the tank A, to which latter the end of the aforesaid rope or chain is attached.

The operation of the described apparatus is as follows: The generator G, being charged with either benzine, naphtha,gasoline,or analogous hydrocarbon fluid, which is absorbed by the packing of the cylindersT T, leaves the interstices between the said cylinders empty for the reception of the vapor or gas emitted from the hydrocarbon fluid in the cylinders. The weight IV is then applied to one ofthe ends of the rope or'chain B. The resultant draft lon the latter rotates the drum D, and carries the stud-pin P from a point nearest the sheave 7L to the point farthest from the same, and thus raises the tank A by the draft on the rope or chain f, connecting said tank with the stud-pin l. The raising of theaforesaid tank produces a vacuum inthe same, and, this vacuumcauses the gas to flow from the generator G through the pipe d into the tank A, and simultaneously opens the check-valve c of the air-inlet e to allow air to accompany the gas in its fiow to the tank A, the latter becoming thus charged with a mixture of gas and air. The weight XV is then either removed or transferred to the opposite end of the rope or chain I3, to

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allow the tank A to descend and exertapressure on its contents, which are forced back through the duct d into the gas-generator G, the check-valve c of the air-inlet being in the meantime closed by the aforesaid pressure. The gas and air entering the generator pass through the interstices between the cylinders T T, and escape through the pipe C to the main gaspipe M.

In cases where a large and constant supply of gas is required, I duplicate the arrangement of the generator G, tank A', and their connections, as illustrated in the annexed drawings. By shifting the weight W from one end of the rope or chain to the opposite end thereof, the

aforesaid appliances are causedto Operate alternately, and thus produce nearly al continuous flow of gas to the main pipe M.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In combination with the vessel A', means for raising and depressing it alternately, the

generators G and gas-pipe M, the pipes C, having check-valves c, and the ducts d, having airinlets e and air-inlet valves c', all combined and operating as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In an apparatus for volatilizing hydrocarbon iiuids, the generator G, provided with the 4discharge-pipe C, check-valve c, perforated 

